A traffic stop near Highland Park early Sunday ended with a man shot and a Dallas police officer injured, police said.
The incident is being investigated by Dallas police as an officer-involved shooting.
An officer pulled a vehicle over in the 4100 block of Mockingbird Lane at 2:16 a.m. after the vehicle was seen driving without its headlights on, police said.
During the traffic stop, a male passenger in the vehicle got out and approached the officer’s car, police said. The officer got out of their vehicle as well. The man got closer to the officer and hit the officer in the face, according to police.
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The officer pulled out his weapon, fired two rounds, and shot the man at least once, police said.
Both the officer and the man were taken to a hospital.
Police said the driver of the vehicle that was pulled over left the scene during the altercation.
Information on conditions and charges was not immediately provided by police.